Mammoth Memory

Vocabulary Word Test

Here's a really quick way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the word definitions below and see if you can remember what each word is from their definitions.

If you get stuck, you can be shown the mnemonic to reveal an image that should help you remember.

To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, click the question and it will flip to reveal the answer.

Go through the whole list to see how many words you can recall. Revisit any that you had difficulty remembering until you're confident you can recall all of them.

 

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Laughter and merriment
Mirth
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A potentially fata contagious bacterial infecton that affects the nose and throat and can cause heart and nerve damage through toxin in the blood
Diphtheria
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Beginning to happen or develop
Incipient
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1. relating to a tomb or crypt 2. Gloomy
Sepulchral
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Best or most favourable
Optimal
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An organisation or business which is owned and controlled by the people who work in it.
Collective
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A typical example, a model for how something should be done or made.
Paradigm
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No longer needed or useful.
Redundant
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The action of going out of or leaving a place
Egress
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wet, dirty and untidy
Bedraggled
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Too bad to be expressed in words
Unutterable
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Think deeply about something
Cogitate
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To complain all the time about matters which are not important
Carp
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A formal document stating the rights, aims and principles of a nation organisation or group of people
Charter
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Foolish, outrageous or amusing behaviour
Antics
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Death, the end or termination of something
Demise
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(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one for something else.
Ersatz
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A mere trifle; something of little value or importance.
Bagatelle
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1. Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind 2. (of a colour) intensely deep or bright
Vivid
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Luxurious and expensive
Sumptuous
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